“I’ve spoken to all of them recently, and we as a team have talked to them about coming back to do something for the final season,” Idol host Ryan Seacrest tells Access Hollywood. “They are going to do it, it’s just a matter of figuring what to do with them.”

American Idol returns for its swan song with a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 8/7c.

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* Celine Dion will pay tribute to the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks during Sunday’s American Music Awards (ABC, 8/7c). She will perform a special rendition of Edith Piaf’s “Hymne à L’Amour.”

* Heroes Reborn actor Greg Grunberg will guest-star on Life in Pieces as Mikey, the too-cool nephew of Joan and a former hero to Greg and Matt, EW.com reports.